Thanks to help from Fanshawe MIA and the college’s corporate communications team, here’s what we’re calling an excellent (partial)list of this year’s nominees & Juno noms & winners from previous years. (OIART sent a 2013 noms list earlier. Thanks to all involved).

Wow.

Now, what are the five 2013 nominated records George Seara worked on — anybody know? Any other Fanshawe connections? Western? Anybody else . . . JBNBlog would love to know & share the good news.

Good luck in Saskatchewan to all the Londonetc. tied nominees. Yay. Again.

The Juno producer of the year award is named for the late Jack Richardson with the first with that honour being handed out in 2002.

Here is a bit of my LFP story from an interview with Jack Richardson on or about Oct. 2, 2001:

Canadian music hall of famer and legendary Guess Who producer Jack Richardson has never won a Juno for production.

But from now on, he won’t have to win a Juno to get his name on the award. A Juno is going to be named after him.

Richardson, 72, of London, was honoured yesterday by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), as the first person to have a Juno Award named after him. The best-producer Juno will now be called the Jack Richardson Producer Award.

“Shock, literally shock. I was absolutely speechless when I heard,” Richardson said (Oct. 2, 2001) when the CARAS honour became public.

He had learned of it in August from his son, Garth Richardson, who’s also a successful record producer, for such acts as Rage Against the Machine and the London metal band Kittie.

“You have some retrospect on it,” Jack Richardson says of the way the news has settled in. “What really impresses me most is, it’s something that happened when I’m still alive.”

. . . & now over to MIA & Fanshawe, where Jack Richardson inspired & inspires so many for their details:

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James Reaney has covered everything from operas to Neil Young concerts to baseball's World Series in more than 30 years at The London Free Press. Now, he concentrates on London entertainment in his Saturday Today section column and Forest City lore in a Saturday Comment section column called My London. He is the host of two weekly video. lfpress.com features. One is Reaney's Pick, an online platform for London performers. The other is It's On, a guide to the best of the local scene.

James is a passionate supporter of the Jack Richardson Music Awards, the host of an annual gala and other free events in London's only not-for-profit recognition of our musical excellence. He is also an active member of the London & Middlesex Historical Society.

James Stewart Reaney has covered everything from operas to Neil Young concerts to baseball's World Series in more than 30 years at The London Free Press. Now, he concentrates on London entertainment in his Saturday Today section column and Forest City lore in a Saturday Comment section column called My London.

In addition to James' Brand New Blog, his online commitments at lfpress.com have seen him host two weekly video features. One is Reaney's Pick, an online platform for London performers. The other is It's On, a guide to the best of the local scene. A passionate supporter of London arts & culture, James is a member of the Jack Richardson London Music Awards volunteer board. The JRLMA hosts an annual gala as London's only not-for-profit recognition of our musical excellence. He is a member of the London & Middlesex Historical Association.